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Employment in services — Benin

Employment in services in Benin in 2025 — 41.4%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.9 pp.

2025 41.4% +0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 149of 182
Period maximum 41.4%2025
Period minimum 32.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Benin, 1991–202532.53537.54042.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 32.6%1992: 32.7%1993: 32.9%1994: 32.8%1995: 33.3%1996: 33.5%1997: 33.8%1998: 34%1999: 34.2%2000: 34.7%2001: 35%2002: 35.2%2003: 35.4%2004: 35.7%2005: 35.7%2006: 35.9%2007: 36.5%2008: 37.1%2009: 37.3%2010: 37.5%2011: 37.9%2012: 39.4%2013: 41%2014: 41.1%2015: 40.5%2016: 40%2017: 40.1%2018: 40.3%2019: 40.2%2020: 38.8%2021: 38.5%2022: 39%2023: 39.8%2024: 40.7%2025: 41.4%
Change over the period: +8.9 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 41.4%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.4 +0.8 pp
2024 40.7 +0.8 pp
2023 39.8 +0.8 pp
2022 39 +0.5 pp
2021 38.5 −0.2 pp
2020 38.8 −1.5 pp
2019 40.2 −0.1 pp
2018 40.3 +0.2 pp
2017 40.1 +0 pp
2016 40 −0.4 pp
2015 40.5 −0.6 pp
2014 41.1 +0.1 pp
2013 41 +1.6 pp
2012 39.4 +1.5 pp
2011 37.9 +0.4 pp
2010 37.5 +0.2 pp
2009 37.3 +0.2 pp
2008 37.1 +0.6 pp
2007 36.5 +0.6 pp
2006 35.9 +0.3 pp
2005 35.7 +0 pp
2004 35.7 +0.2 pp
2003 35.4 +0.2 pp
2002 35.2 +0.2 pp
2001 35 +0.3 pp
2000 34.7 +0.4 pp
1999 34.2 +0.3 pp
1998 34 +0.2 pp
1997 33.8 +0.3 pp
1996 33.5 +0.2 pp
1995 33.3 +0.5 pp
1994 32.8 −0.1 pp
1993 32.9 +0.2 pp
1992 32.7 +0.1 pp
1991 32.6 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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